ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSK................JDIM350 (Ver 2.1 Jan 2001) 1620000/01473731EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320041117EP04005443.92004030820040308EnEnEn200312411820030428JP20041117200447200411032004457 7G 11B 27/34 A 7H 04N 5/85 B 7G 06F 17/30 B 7G 11B 27/10 BdeWiedergabegerätenReproducing apparatusfrDispositif de reproduction1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba0207710314 159/ELToshiba, Kabushiki Kaisha1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-kuTokyoJPFujiwara, Kenji Toshiba CorporationIntellectual Property Div. 1-1, Shibaura 1-chomeMinato-ku Tokyo 105-8001JPHenkel, Feiler & Hänzel00100401Möhlstrasse 3781675 MünchenDEATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHUIEITLILUMCNLPLPTROSESISKTRALLTLVMK20041117200447

A DVD eigen number acquiring section (7) acquires an identification number of an optical disk loaded in an optical disk reproducing apparatus (1). A control section (2) transmits the identification number to a subtitle server (21) over a communication network via a communication control section (5) and requires that the subtitle server searches for subtitle information of video software recorded on the optical disk.
The control section (2) receives a search result from the subtitle server (21) and receives the subtitle information from the subtitle server in the case where the subtitle information exists. An output section (12) synthesizes the received subtitle information with video pictures reproduced from the optical disk to output the synthesized pictures.